This weekend is one that's full of beer, barbecue and blowing stuff up.

Yes, we're celebrating the birth of the United States of America's independence. Here at AutoSpies, we hope you're enjoying it with the ones you love and remember the folks that sacrificed to provide this way of life for us.

In an homage to one of my favorite comedians, Dennis Miller, I have to say: "I don't want to get off on a rant here..."

Below you may notice a list put together by Cars.com. Its purpose is simple: put together a Top 10 list of the most American-made cars. Of course there are a couple of usual suspects but the majority of the top 10 aren't American at all.

Are the findings really that surprising? No, because for years overseas automakers have been setting up shop in the states to shorten the supply chain and reduce costs. But, I think it sends a clear message to those thumping to the same 'ol drumbeat of "they took our jobs." If anything, the new, global economy is bringing jobs stateside — at least when it comes to the auto industry.

Of course this is where I insert a clip of South Park's genius.

All things considered, are YOU surprised over the top 10 most American-made cars list?

Cars.com's American-Made Index rates vehicles built and bought in the U.S. Factors include the percentage of parts considered domestic under federal regulations, whether the car is assembled in the U.S. and U.S. sales. We disqualify models with a domestic-parts content rating below 75 percent, models built exclusively outside the U.S. or models soon to be discontinued without a U.S.-built successor.

I am truly glad to see Toyota and Honda giving the Americans jobs. The U.S. no longer has many jobs left, and more than half of adult Americans are unemployed as well, so I really hope more and more Japanese companies give the Americans jobs, so that they may invest more money upon the United States. I mean, GM and Ford build their cars in Mexico, so you can't really rely on them.

The U.S. is broke and is almost as good as a third world country. Thus, America definitely needs Japan and China. I mean, nowadays, many young Americans are into Japanese anime, Japanese cars, Japanese food, and tons of things from Japan anyway, so I believe America's economy may boost again by becoming a new Japan of North America.

Just my opinion, since I am quite concerned about the U.S. economy in general.

The sad part is that the engineering jobs to develop the card, design large scale manufacturing and production lines has mostly left the country. But it is nice they let us put on the doors and screw the wheels on.

We've priced ourselves out of the work force. In addition the Government has piled on so many regulations and taxes that it has driven jobs over seas. They also refuse to do anything about the awards by juries when customers sue domestic manufacturers. Not easy to do business here.

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